Rondo appears ready to go for Game 4 tonight

Boston point guard Rajon Rondo will play tonight against Miami in a crucial Game 4, despite a dislocated left elbow sustained in the Celtics’ Game 3 victory over the Heat Saturday night.

Rondo was shooting at the team’s practice this morning, but ducked into a training room before answering any questions from the assembled media.

But teammate Carlos Arroyo, who likely would be added onto the roster if Rondo couldn’t play, said his injured teammate will be ready for the Heat tonight.

“He’s ready to go,” Arroyo told CSNNE.com Monday morning. “He’s a warrior. He demonstrated that last game. We were all surprised the fact that he came back after that injury. I know he’s ready. He wants to play. He wants to win.”

Rondo has been among the more reliable Celtics in recent years, playing in all 71 of the Celtics’ postseason games during the last four seasons.

Interestingly, in Rondo’s five seasons with the Celtics, Boston Boston has a 17-9 record (65.4 percent) in regular season games that he has missed. The Celtics are 241-143 record (62.8 percent) in games in which he played.

But considering the importance of Monday’s game, it will take a lot more than a mere dislocated elbow from keeping the Celtics’ key player out of the lineup tonight.